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Demand 9,571 scheduled team events per year Equates to 266 events/field/year Natural turf capable of supporting team uses per year 8

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Field Needs Assessment Conclusions “The chronic poor turf conditions which prevail throughout the Town of Sudbury are indicative of overuse, lack of restorative rest periods, and lack of properly constructed fields”. “As a result of our breakdown, it is clear that all of the fields, excluding the synthetic turf fields, are still being overused”. “In addition, virtually none of the fields have a spring or fall rest period during the active turf growth periods. As a result, there are numerous fields that have chronically poor turf condition despite the expenditure of maintenance resources”. 9

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Field Needs Assessment Conclusions (Cont’d) “In addition, the Town is lacking sufficient athletic field space to accommodate the existing amount of youth and adult sports programs that are active in the Town”. Table 3 below shows the required amount of fields to sustain the user demands throughout the town. This is based on approximately annual uses for each natural turf field. 10

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Davis Plan – balance among users Parking lot sized to accommodate rail trail parking Open field vista from parking lot Little league fields up against trees allowing for open views and use by radio plane flyers Walking path All current users can continue to use Davis as they currently do 14

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Conclusion – Best Solution Clear overuse of fields Addresses all fields rated substandard by Gale Park & Rec/Town has not kept up with capital needs and has lacked appropriate capital expenditure Most cost effective solution – Gale recommendations costs (as of December 2012) were $5.430, $5.070 and $6.580 MM Commission’s responsibility to develop the best solution - we feel we have done that. Please support this plan. Thank you. 15